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This is a list of islands in Macaronesia, as ordered by area, max altitude and population.

Islands over 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

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Rank Island's Name Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Height (m) Location Population Density (per km2)
1 Tenerife 2,034.38[1] 3,715  Canary Islands 966,354[2] 475
2 Fuerteventura 1,659.74[1] 807  Canary Islands 126,227[3] 76
3 Gran Canaria 1,560.11 1,956  Canary Islands 870,595[4] 558
4 Santiago 991 1,392  Cape Verde 294,135 297
5 Lanzarote 845.94[1] 671  Canary Islands 154,530 183
6 Santo Antão 785 1,979  Cape Verde 38,200 45
7 São Miguel 744.55[5] 1,105  Azores 137,228 184
8 Madeira 740.7 1,862  Madeira 267,785 362
9 La Palma 708.32[1] 2,423  Canary Islands 85,840[6] 121
10 Boa Vista 631.1 387  Cape Verde 14,451 23
11 Fogo 475.6 2,829  Cape Verde 45,837 96
12 Pico 444.97[7] 2,351  Azores 13,895[8] 31
13 Terceira 400.28[9] 1,021.2  Azores 53,311[8] 133
14 São Nicolau 379.5 1,312  Cape Verde 12,424 33
15 La Gomera 369.76 1,487  Canary Islands 22,426[1] 61
16 Maio 269 436  Cape Verde 6,980 26
17 El Hierro 268 1,501  Canary Islands 11,338 42
18 São Jorge 243.65 1,053.4  Azores 8,381[8] 34
19 São Vicente 227 744  Cape Verde 81,014 357
20 Sal 216 406  Cape Verde 39,700 184
21 Faial 173.06 1,043  Azores 14,356[8] 83
22 Flores 141.02 915  Azores 3,429[8] 24
23 Santa Maria 96.87 586.8  Azores 5,414[8] 56
24 Brava 336 976  Cape Verde 5,698 17
25 Graciosa 60.65 402  Azores 4,095[8] 68
26 Porto Santo 42.17 517  Madeira 5,158[8] 122
27 Santa Luzia 34.2 395  Cape Verde 0 0
28 La Graciosa 29.05 266  Canary Islands 734 25
29 Corvo 17.12 720  Azores 386[8] 23
30 Alegranza 10.202 289  Canary Islands 0 0
31 Deserta Grande 10  Madeira 0 0

Islands under 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

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Rank Island's Name Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Height (m) Location Population Density (per km2)
32 Lobos 4.679  Canary Islands 4 0
33 Bugio 3  Madeira 0 0
34 Ilhéu Grande 3  Cape Verde 0 0
35 Ilhéu Branco 2.78  Cape Verde 0 0
36 Selvagem Grande 2.45  Madeira 0 0
37 Ilhéu de Cima 1.5  Cape Verde 0 0
38 Montaña Clara 1.33  Canary Islands 0 0
39 Roque del Este 0.1  Canary Islands 0 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Estadística del Territorio" [Territory Statistics] (in Spanish). Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC). Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  2. ^ "This statistic displays the population of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands* in January 2020, by island". Statista.com. October 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Real Decreto 1458/2018, de 14 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2019" [Royal Decree 1458/2018, of 14 December, by which the population values resulting from the review of the municipal register of 01 January 2019 are declared official] (PDF). BOE (in Spanish). 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  4. ^ Population referred to the January 1, 2019 Archived 31 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Geografia São Miguel". iaram.azores.gov.pt. Azores Government. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ "This statistic displays the population of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands* in January 2020, by island". Statista.com. October 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Geografia Pico". iaram.azores.gov.pt. Azores Government. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i "INE - Plataforma de divulgação dos Censos 2021 – Resultados Preliminares". censos.ine.pt. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Geografia Terceira". Azores Government. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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